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The Osceola times., 1887-03-19

"A woman who was lost In the woods
OF New Hampshire for three days said
that the most she suffered from was In
not having her knitting along. -Desrois
EuW HnsN
The Osceola times., 1887-03-19
CURRENT COMMENT.

DR. JUNKER, African explorer, has
returned to Munich in good health.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-20


I do not know in the whole of my experience
of lady who has started dress making a
purely commercial undertaking on her own &C
count who has not met with fair measure of
success and the cases where a comfortable in
come is realized in a comparatively short time
are not few.
But there is no royal road to success in this
or any other trade or profession. Hard work
and thorough mastery of her art are sine
qua non / remember one case OF lady, Ito
tally ignorant of the art to begin with, who
went over to Paris and thoroughly trained her
self there in six months time, and who then at
once set Up in London and was entirely success
full from the first week onward; but the ex-
penses of this training were very heavy, and,
had they not been borne by friends, would have
been quite beyond the means of the widow her.
herself who had been left absolutely destitute
Happily, however, now these difficulties have
necessary as ever, but it IS like that served by
the lady above quoted in Paris. She is taught
the whole secret OF dress making from beginning
to end; she has to make one, two. three more
gowns perfectly herself. and without any aid
before she obtains certificates: she may and
probably will, have her own peculiar tastes, and
may become skirt hand or q bodice hand. as
tho case may be- or she may develop a special
talent for draping; but she viii know the whole
art. The length of time she takes to acquire it,
or in other words. the length of her apprentice
ship viii depend entirely upon her own capabil-
tiles energy.
If she has eventually the courage to start for
herself. in however small way, she will probab-
II soon be employing workers herself, when her
all-round training will be of inestimable value
to her. There very few gentlewomen who
If they were thoroughly trained and could make
dress well, could not get half dozen friends
TO give them orders as start, and once they
give satisfaction to customer others will come
makerl IS a remark that is seldom absent where
two or three women are gathered together.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-20
Wanted to Die in Peace.
Boston Transcrint.

The play drawing to close, and the bad
man was just about falling TO the earth transfxed
by the bullet of the hero The villain cast wild
look over the house. and cried Hold, At least
let me die in peace. Wait till the suburbans
who have trains to catch get out Grant me
this my dying request" It was granted. Ten
minutes later he fell headlong, and expired in
artistic agony. Then the curtain fell, and the
house enptied silently and with many a
Sah IF Svrunatby
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-20

Augostu-a Eitters,

The worid-renowned appetizer and invigorator.
Used now over the whole civilized world. Try
it. but beware of limitations. Ask your grocer or
druggist for the genuine article, rnanufac tured
by DIR. j. G. B. Siegert & Sons
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-20

velvet, trimmed with gold, and there is gray
one trimmed with gold and silver, and lilac
poplin with blue stripes"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-07-28
SWarmin y Celestials.

The population of China has been a
matter of much discussion and doubt
among foreigners. 1t has been claimed
that the figures Of the Chinese census
are much too high. There is, how
ever, no known reason why the Off
cials of that country should exaGger-
putting the fact that the means exist
ing there for arriving at an accurate
census are most ample. Every house
must have list of its inmates hung at
its door, and violation of this is Wis
tied with punishment. The imperial
and local taxes are based in part upon
the numbers of the people. The most
difficult task imposed upon the provin-
cial rulers is in furnishing the amounts
of money demanded by the Imperial
Government, and any excessive census
return would only increase that diff
Guilty. 1t is only a fair presumption
that if the census returns are incOr-
rect they are too small rather than too
large.
The census of 1875 gave the popula-
ton of the Empire at 435 900, 600.
Since that time Tonquin has been lost,
with several million people, and Kash-
garia has been reconquered. Among
no people with any degree of ciyiliza-
ton is the birth rate SO high as in
China, and, although the death rate in
the densely crowded districts is very
great, there is every reason to pre-
sumo that there are now 450,000,000
people in China.
These figures represent more than
one-third of the population of the
globe. 1t is a greater population than
all of Europe, and three times the num-
Der of people on the Western CONT
nent. Even at these enormous figures
the average number of people to the
square mile for the whole Empire
eighty-fve-is not so high as in some
parts of the United States.
In the great mountain ranges, on the
arid plains of Kashgaria and the snowy
regions of Mongolia and Manchuria
the population is sparse, but in the
eight central provinces of China prop
erin the fertile, alluvial soils-the
population is denser and more crowded
than in any other region of equal eX-
tent on earth. The villages there are
almost beyond enumeration and the
number of walled cities incredible to
those who have not seen them. In the
two Kiang Provinces, at the mouth of
the Yangtz River, with an area of co.
900 square miles, the population in
1885 was y, 900, 900 and there were 125
walled cities.-Sdn Francisco Chr0as-
tcLe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-07-28
UnreconciIed.

cannot say it, heart and lips are dumb
The heart that sung, the lips that moved in
prayer,
Glad songs that made life beautiful and
bright,
Thanksgiving for the love that made earth
fair,
'sOl try me, Lord!" I said. 'by any test:
1prayed and slept and when the morning
broke,
The sun rose, but it shone no more for me;
The flowers were dead that blOomed but yes
ter-nOOn,
And birds sang lonesome songs from every
tree,
Of wintry skies above an empty nest;
Only friends voice whispered, 1T is best!'
1T cannot be for me; some other life
May perfect grow, because of ell my pain;
Some other flowers may bloom where mine
have died.
Born in the night and fed by bitter rain;
And watching angels, fair, serene and blest,
Seeing his face, may know that it is best
But am dumb, @ Lord in all my wO,
| cannot even weep my lost delight;
out of the realms of songs and sunlit skies
! wander onward, through the lonely night.
drink thy cup, that to my lips is pressed,
The wine is bitter. Can say, ''Tis best?"
Thy dust and ashes crown my Bonded head,
Thy sackcloth binds me like a winding.
sheet
Thy thorny PATH cannot see the end
| walk with naked, bleeding, faltering feet.
! kneel. Q Lord! my every sin confessed,
Forgive me that l cannot say, " 'Tis best
Mary Riddell Corley.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-07-28
Concerning the Boom.

Governor Alger tells story about
Southern California, over the remarka-
BILE growth of which he is enthusiastic.
'"The entire country" said the COVER
nor, ''seems to be staked out in town
lots, and the prices procured for these
lots are something fabulous as COM
pared with the sums for which the
land was originally purchased. There
are lots enough staked out in Southern
California to provide for the entire
population of the city OF New York
apportioned at the rate of three per-
sons to the lot. 1t would take more
than the combined capital of all the
banks of New York to buy up these
lots. They have story out there
about lumber which illustrates the
craze. 1t is said that a gentleman
went to lumber dealer and desired to
buy enough lumber to build a house.
He was looked upon with compassion
by the dealer, who said to him that
there was no lumber for sale. When
he asked for an explanation the dealer
replied to him, as if he had compass
sion for his ignorance, that ''the lum-
Der was all sold for stakes for town
lots. y Chicago Mail.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-07-28
TaimaGe in the Pulpit.

Parson Talmage resorts continually
to the actors device Of pointing to i'm
aginary objects, as if the audience
could see the feature of this picture
formed in his own mind. In all
his gestures and movements he is
awkward as can be and the spectator
is irresistibly reminded of the carica-
lures of Talmage in the comic papers.
One is also reminded of Henry Irving
in the way DR.. Talmage uses his left
leg. When approaching climax he
puts his left foot somewhat forward,
pats the floor with it, bends his knee
while retaining his weight on the right
leo, and he winds up by giving the
floor a vigorous stamp. The final SEN
tence in his sermon was a religious eX-
hortation 1t called upon the veterans
to follow the flagship of God, whose
commander, Jesus Christ, was in the
shrouds reckoning on to that haven
where all the faithful would join in a
grand hozanna. He worked up to the
last word in the way just dercribed,
holding his hands in the air and rails
inc them a little at time until they
were as far above his head as he could
reach. The word ''hozanna" was re-
peated in this attitude with great de-
liberation and force, the preacher keep
ing his eyes almost shut and fixed on
the ceiling, and remaining thus, posed
for full half minute after uttering the
final word. He then turned and went
to the stand, where he found his hymn
book and glasses and proceeded to
read the closing hymn. His sermons
are frequently interrupted by applause.
-Neao York Letter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-07-28
In a Ton of Coal.

There is more in heap of coal than
most persons are aware of. Besides
gas, a ton of gas coal will yield 1000
pounds of coke, twenty gallons of
ammonia water, and 40 pounds of
coal tar. Destructive distillation of
the coal tar gives 69.6 pounds of pitch,
II pounds of creosote, IA pounds of
heavy oils, 95 pounds of napthaline,
4.75 pounds of naphthol, 2.25 pounds
of alizarine, "a pounds of solvent
naptha, LIS pounds of phenol, II
pounds of aurine, IL pounds of ami
line, or pounds of toludine, 0.46
pound of anthracine, and 90 pound
of tOluene.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-07-28
BORROWING.

Make it rule 91euer to do it, and
then do it only when positively obliged
to! And in nine cases out of ten,
where one is awake to the wants OF
the household, this evil can be effectu-
ally forestalled.
Borrowing is often carried to such
an extent that it becomes nuisance
makes hard feelings, and even enc
mics, among the best of friends. One
possessed of the borrowing mania can
hardly be expected to remember the
needles, pins, thread, cup of sugar,
eggs, flour, baking-powder, saleratus,
etc., sent for in SO many cases of ''dire
extremity" The one who loans has,
of course, better memory, but Is
very 10th to s'speak of these trifles,
but which aggregate quite sum in
the end
The habit of borrowing small sums
of money from neighbor is especially
to be deprecated. | recall two in
stances, and doubtless the reader could
duplicate them: Mrs borrowed
of Mr.. c., in sums of five and ten
cents for street-car fare and to make
change (by actual accounl, three
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-07-28

dollars, not penny of which wa
ever returned or alluded to by ,be 70
ceiver. Miss F.. under ..nroa
pressure, obtained of an aged friend
VINO could i'll afford the loss. SINAI
sums OF money until it amounted +,
I'VE dollars. She only wished it fo
lew days, but gears have passed
ana the debt is not cancelled. Ever
the most corrupt jury would, we think
convict these two persons of (polite'
thleYlng rather than neighboriv Dor
rowing. 'oi
As we have admitted, BORROWING. is
sometimes allowable; but one should
De prompt and conscientious in re.
turning even the smallest article.
LII Is proFerbial of some persons that
one mus, 90 after what Is lent them.
L know lady who annually makes
the tour of her neighborhood to find
the carpet-stretcher she lent in the
spring before.
There are many things, such as
quilting frames, soap-kettle, bags and
chairs, ETC., together with the tabled
umbrella" that may as we'll be
bought, with the expectation that they
will shortly become pu5lic property
and lost = at least to the original
owner
Let us strike against borrowing. and
boycott the horrowers.-ESt Men
dell, IN Good Housekeeping
THINGS WELL TO KNOW AND DO.
Hot sunshine will remove scorch.
The hesG liquid for cleaning old
brass is Il solution of oxalic acid.
Kerosene applied to unused stoves
will keep them from rusting.
A damp cloth dipped in common
soda will brighten tin ware easily.
To clean knives:-cut a small potato,
dip it in brickdust and rub them.
Grease may be removed from silk by
applying magnesia to the wrong side.
New iron should be gradually heated
st first, it will not be so likely to
crack.
Paint splashes may be removed from
window panes by a very hot solution
OF soda, using soft flannel.
Mildewed linen may be restored by
soaping the spots, and while wet cover
ing them with powdered chalk.
To extract paint from clothin@:-
Saturate the spots with spirits of tur-
pentine, let it remain several hours.
then rub it and it will drop off.
Javalle water is indispensable in
laundry work; dip any stains in it for
a moment, then in boiling water. and
they will disappear. If any yellow
ness remains, bleach.
Boiling water made strong with am
monia and applied with a whisk
broom. cleans willow chairs admir-
ably. Soap should never be used, as
it tuEns them yellow.
Ammonia greatly lessons the work
of cleaning kitchen utensils, and of
washing windows. Rubbing a Brus-
sells carpet with strong ammonia water
will brighten it, and remove stains.
Lamp burners that have become dim
and sticky, can be renovated by boil
ing them in strong soda water, using
a tin tomato can for this purpose;
then scour the burners with sapolio
and they will be as good as new.
Copperas dissolved in boiling water.
will instantly cleanse iron sinks and
drains. A few drops of spirits of
mixed with stove-blacking |
lessons labor, and adds polish. Kero- |
sene in cooked starch Ca teaspoonful |
to a quart will prevent clothes stick
Tag to the irons, and gives a gloss; the
scent evaporates in the drying pow |
dered boraX is good, Il one decidedly |
objects to the smell of kerosene.)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-07-28

Boston Girl-Oh. mother. I did some
thing awfully immodest at the party
tonight. Mother-Why, my dear
child, what was it? B. G.-That hor-
rid bouquet Mr.. Beacon sent me had
some cinnamon pinks in it. They
made me sneeze, and-but l can't say
it. Mother-Go on. Is. G.-My glasses
fell off, and Mr.. Beacon saw my bare
face!-B0StoR Courier.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-07-28

The fact that Mrs. James Brown
Potter's portrait has not yet appeared
in London soap advertisement is
pretty conclusive evidence that her
debut on the stage over there has not
been an overwhelming success.-Nor-
risisUn Herald.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-07-28
FANCY WORK.

Every one cannot afford to buy
handsome paintings and engrayings
for their walls, and vet almost any one
appreciates some little Ornamentation.
We saw III cottage home the other
day pretty pair of panels for a door
that portrayed the artistic instinct
The door was shabby old affair,
much battered, as the woodwork of
small country houses is apt to be, but
had been redeemed by a coating of
oliye-broWn paint; the mouldings in
Indian red gave a most cheerful effect
to the little room. Two panels had
been cut from q pasteboard box the
size of those in the door. They were
then covered with light, French gray
paper, and pressed ferns and autumn
leaves, beautifully grouped, were fast
ened on with mucilage, and the whole
covered with coating of shellac
varnish. These panels can be covered
with silesia instead of paper, and made
additionally pretty by binding of
deep garnet or blue velvet.
A small, plain alarm clock may be
made pretty By placing it in round
frame cut out of cardboard, to fit
snugly over the clock. 1t should be
four inches deep, Cut two more
frames of the same size, sew them
firmly together, and cover with velvet
or plush. Slip the clock into place,
and hang on the wall by ribbon bow.
It requires very little velvet, silk or
plush for this, and if you can paint or
embroider, you may make really
beautiful ornament
A pretty blanket for baby can be
made out of white or cream colored
flannel. Bind it with pink or blue
silk, or work an edge with pink, blue
or scarlet worsted. A spray of flowers
in the middle can be made from bits
of ribbon and floss. This kind of en-
broidery is quickly done and is mex
pensive, as the tiniest scraps of silk or
ribbon can be used, especially if they
have bright colors.-Americdn Agri-
cuZta5riSt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-07-28

''Worth makes the man." and that's
all right. But when Worth makes the
woman he is apt to break the man,
and that isn't all right. But the wo-
man thinks it is, just the same.-y7oxr-
nak of Education.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-07-28

Mrs. Mark Hopkins received about
500, 900, 900 on the death of her hus-
band, and the estate must now be
worth S3O,O00,0 900. The house which
she is building at Great Darlington,
Mass. Will cost about $4,000, 900, and
the date on the cornerstone indicates
that it will be ready for occupancy in
1888. The estate will include several
hundred acres of the Housatonic
meadows, the turf of which presents Il
beautiful sight at this season 1t will
be surrounded by a wall three feet in
height.
Mother-Janet. did William kiss you
on the front steps last night? Daugh-
ter-About what part of the evening,
map lid Bits
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-07-28

The homework of Wellesley college
IS done by three hundred girl students
who devote to it forty-five minutes
every day.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-07-28
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
quaint FancieS Evoked by Roses on the
breakfast Table-Useful and Orna-
mental Fancy Work.
The Reprehensible Habit of Borrowing
and Lending-Things Well to
Know and Do.
ROSE TALK.

I 1aOSA- 1a4-hs
On the breakfast table this mornins
stood three groups of roses, and
casually remarked that one killed til,
other as to effect. The artistic mem
Der of the family toyed with then
dalntily, and observed: How differ
ent they are, and how like people il
| their form, color, and grouping. See
this little Lamarque all by itself in {
| quaint blue cup. 1t is like some pure
minded little old maid who has never
| had an offer in her life, and goes he1
simple way untainted by any of the
evils around her. The Lamaruue is
beautiful, but I know that its heart
has tinge of yellow, and last Sunday
saw one of these buds worn bv a
needless boy whose breath, near his
button hole, tainted its purity so that
the lonely bud was brown and I'M
slightly before night-so, my little old
maid, just keep your purity as long as
you can. Then there is a long glass
full of pale pink common roses all of
one color. How pretty they are, vet
what sameness; they look like a lot
OF mill girls out for Il holiday, or
country lasses at a picnic. Some are
wide open, and show the shallowness
of their nature, others are half-clcsed
buds, simple and sweet, serving their
purpose of beauty, and Just suitable
for some young lover to wear. Bonnie
bunch OF pink roses-we do not think
any less OF you, that you suffer by
comparison with our creamy and Grim
son beauties in another glass. But
theirs is a different kind of beauty"
Here the artist poured some clearer.
purer water into the tumbler and re-
arranged them, saying: This is the
effect of cultivation, these are roses
from common stock; grated, nurtured
and tenderly cared for they attained
this perfection of curved and full
hearted loneliness. The rich tint of
the crimson, the creamy satin of the
paler flowers, remind one of nothing
else than beautiful women, daughters
of luxury whose lives are ali that
wealth and cultivation can make them.
Take the others away! The superior
tone of these queens enthrals the
senses and delights the eyes A per-
fume-ah! Can it be possible? Do
the cream and crimson roses only eX-
hale spicy odOr, not q rose perfume?
Has cultivation destroyed it's greatest
charm? Then they no longer delight
the eyes as before, though one must
admire them. But the sweet fragrance
that belongs to the old-fashioned roses
OF our grand-mothers' gardens is not
there; the old cabbage rose is banished
for the sake of the satin beauties that
lack its chief quality. Give us back
the fragrance we loved in our child
hood, when delicious faintness per-
yaded our senses from the roses in the
OLD garden. Has it passed away for
ever with our youth and our sim
plioity? Then no crimson beauty shall
take its place. Take them to the
studio. They will look well on canvas,
and, in the odor of tut pentine and
medium, forget that roses should have
perfume. - A2anie L. Jack, IN The
american Garden.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-30
COMING SOUTH. GOING NORTH.

The steamers Santa Rosa and Queen OF Pa
cific leave San Pedro for San Diego on the
dates of their arrival from San Francisco.
and on their trips between San Pedro and
San Francisco call at Santa Barbara and Port
ka and Los Angeles calf at ell way ports
Cars to connect with steamers leave s. p
r. X. depot, Los Angeles, as follows: With
Santa Rosa and Queen of Pacific at 9:4O
o'clock A. N. With Los Angeles and Eureka,
going north, at 4:5O O'Clock P. NJ.
EW-For passage or freight as above or for
tickets to and from
All Important Points i'm Europe.
APPLY TO
II. MCCLELLAN, AGENT.
Office, No. 8 Commercial St, Los Angeles.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-30
asNEs Or TRAVEL.
NORTHERN ROUTES

PEKI Ns & CO., General Agents